protest
Example Sentences
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Widespread protests broke out in the last week of December, initially triggered by anger against economic grievances and later expanding into calls for a regime change.
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Although the scale of street protests has since diminished, they have not ended.
From BBC
He took his mother's coffin to government offices and released the song Coffin for Head of State, turning grief into protest.
From BBC
The leader of a council where elections have been postponed said members who triggered by-elections in protest at the move would be wasting taxpayers' money.
From BBC
“You have your First Amendment rights. I support that. You have the right to protest. I’m just asking to keep it peaceful,” Homan said Thursday.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
